BBC WEATHER has warned some areas in the UK will be hit by snow on Wednesday and Thursday as a bitterly cold weather system sweeps across the country.

BBC Weather has warned areas in Scotland over higher ground and the north of England could see snow as cold air sweeps across the country this week. BBC Weather forecaster Louise Lear claimed mild air would be pushed away from Britain on Thursday. The weather forecaster also claimed the UK was expected to see “significant rainfall” on Wednesday with wind gusts of up to 60mph.

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She said: “There is some significant rain to come across the country. We have seen some nuisance rain for much of the day further north, it looks as though it will continue to be quite showery for the next few hours.

“Across Cornwall and into Wales, it will gradually drift its way north steadily through the night tonight. We are likely to see gusts of wind 50mph to 60mph so not as strong as Storm Freya, but nevertheless, it is going to be heavy rain as well with it.

“That rain, wind and cloud is going to act like a blanket across England and Wales so temperatures are not going to fall very far, so it is not going to be as cold as starts as the night before, but to the far north of Scotland, under those clearer skies, that’s where we are likely to see temperatures dipping close to freezing.”

Into Wednesday morning, the BBC Weather forecaster said: “The rain will move its way steadily northwards so by the middle of the afternoon we are expecting it to push its way out of Scotland.

We have got some rain, even some snow across higher ground through central Scotland

BBC Weather forecaster Louise Lear

“This is 8am across the northern isles, into the far north of Scotland, as you can see, dry and bright, but we have got some rain, even some snow across higher ground through central Scotland. That’s into the borders as well.

“Starting to ease a little into Northern Ireland and northern England but even then a trail of showers left behind and those gusts of wind still 40mph to 50mph.”

The BBC Weather forecaster claimed a “change” in wind direction would see temperatures plunge across Scotland into Thursday.

Lear said: “It is that wind direction that is going to push the mild air out of the way and it will feel noticeably colder for all of us as we move into Thursday.

“The best of the drier, bright weather will be across England and Wales.

“There will be a scattering of showers running down the east coast, some of those quite wintry still and those temperatures are going to struggle.”

A BBC Weather chart posted on Twitter showed colder air sweep across all of Britain on Thursday.

A statement read: “Milder air will be wafting our way tomorrow, along with strong winds and some rain before it turns chillier again for all areas on Thursday.”

The latest weather forecast chart shows Scotland and parts of northern England were likely to see snowfall on Thursday this week.

The weather charts also show the probability of snowfall for the north and the west of the UK increasing into next week.

With colder weather forecast, bookmakers have slashed odds to 2-1 forsnowto fall in London before Sunday evening.

Coral’s John Hill said: “The betting suggests this month is set to be a washout as the odds have been slashed on it ending as the wettest March on record, while we are also likely to see snow later this week in a number of major UK cities.”